EP1155743A2 - Klimaschrank mit Transporteinrichtung - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a climatic cabinet with at least one door, with a storage station at least one object storage device, which several arranged one above the other Has object storage locations, and with a transport device for feeding Objects to the object storage locations, the transport device taking an object has, the object recording on a vertical slide vertically and horizontally is arranged adjustable and the storage station and transport device Mounting plates are arranged.
- the object of the present invention is the functionality of the known climatic cabinets to improve and increase their reliability.
- the task is solved in that the Storage station between the door and the inside of the climatic cabinet Transport device is arranged and that the mounting plate carrying the storage station is arranged higher in the climatic cabinet than the one carrying the transport device Mounting plate.
- This allows the height of the object storage device in terms of Arrangement of object storage locations can be optimally used, as in the lower part of the Storage device dead spaces can be avoided.
- the object is captured by a movable connecting element, which is in the upper area of the vertical slide arranged deflection unit is guided, connected to a counterweight.
- a movable connecting element which is in the upper area of the vertical slide arranged deflection unit is guided, connected to a counterweight.
- Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the object recording Guide rails for guiding the object to be transported and at least one push button switch with a movable switching element that is in the area protrudes from the object to be recorded, the push button in a recording position of the object in the object recording by moving the Switching element triggers a signal.
- the push button When the object is inserted into the object recording is, it is guided by guide rails and thus defined.
- the push button switches in known a signal.
- the switching element can in a known manner be designed differently and for example a linear movement or a Carry out movement on a curved path.
- Such pushbuttons have the advantage that it can be used under conditions in which conventional optical Detection systems fail, for example at high temperatures in connection with high humidity.
- the guide rails ensure that the pushbutton switch is effective is triggered and the object moves in the intended manner and not by the Switch is pushed in an unintentional direction.
- the button switch can be used both horizontally and laterally in the object holder underneath the space that is intended for receiving the object in the object recording is. This ensures reliable detection of the correct storage of the object.
- Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the object recording a horizontally movable shovel for holding at least one object has that the blade is driven by a motor and that the motor on the Shovel is arranged.
- Such an arrangement is a relatively small size possible and the drive can be carried out very easily.
- the opening can be very be made small, so that the climate in the climate chamber is not essential is affected.
- the functional reliability of the object recording is increased.
- the individual embodiments can also be combined with one another as desired be combined.
- Preferred embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.
- Both mounting plates are preferably made from a single angled one Base plate formed to allow easier handling. It is useful that between the mounting plate supporting the storage station and a lower edge of the door a distance is formed which is suitable for an operator to reach through. Thereby there is immediate accessibility to what is in practice often below the object storage device arranged water tub. This allows this water tub without complex removal can be easily cleaned.
- a particularly simple construction of the transport device is achieved in that the Drives for object recording are arranged on the object recording itself.
- an operating opening on the side opposite the door to arrange for penetration for at least part of the object recording so that the Objects into the climatic cabinet through a relatively small opening that can be designed or can be transported out of this without the usually large area Door, which is often used mainly for assembly and maintenance, must be opened.
- the operating opening essentially only has to be large enough for a transfer of the objects can be done from the outside in, it is irrelevant whether the object from a transport device arranged inside the climate cabinet to the outside or is transported from the outside to the inside or this transport from an outside of the Climatic cabinet arranged transport device takes place.
- the Transport device of the climatic cabinet according to the invention preferably in the Climatic cabinet itself can be arranged. This also leads to better functionality and for a simpler construction.
- the movable connecting element which the Counterweight and the object holder connects, as a rope, belt or as a chain is trained.
- the length of the connecting element can be such that the object intake from the connector does not exceed its highest Attachment point on the vertical slide is pulled out when the counterweight is in its lower end position. This will ensure the security of the vertical Object recording movement increased.
- the object recording can then be done easily Manually removed from the upper end of the vertical slide.
- the deflection unit is arranged on the vertical slide or in its upper area. she can then also serve as a security element to prevent accidental release of the To prevent object pick-up from the vertical slide.
- the Deflection unit with a quick release, for example a single screw connection fixed.
- the deflection unit can in on the vertical slide itself or on a housing part be attached near the vertical slide.
- climate cabinets The basic structure of climate cabinets is generally known. Especially from WO98 / 05753, the content of which is expressly referred to, is the structure of Climatic cabinets with a transport system and object storage devices are known.
- Fig. 1 shows a climate control cabinet 1 with an operating opening 2 through which one in Transport device 3 arranged inside the climatic cabinet (cf. FIG. 2) by means of its Object recording 4, an object 5 into or out of the climatic cabinet can transport.
- Transport device 3 arranged inside the climatic cabinet (cf. FIG. 2) by means of its Object recording 4, an object 5 into or out of the climatic cabinet can transport.
- One outside the climate cabinet 1 in front of the control opening 2 arranged transfer station 6 enables the transfer of the object 5 to an outside arranged handling device.
- a Locking mechanism 7 arranged for the control opening 2, which the control opening 2 for Releases for the purpose of transporting objects 5.
- the climate control cabinet 1 has a door 8 on its front, which is for assembly on the one hand or removal of the object storage devices 9 (Fig. 2) and the other Cleaning or maintenance of the climate cabinet 1.
- a mounting plate 11 is arranged between the transport device 3 and the door 8, is a water pan 31 arranged in the climatic cabinet 1 for moisture regulation.
- the Mounting plate 11 has a sufficient distance from the lower edge of the door 8 so that an operator can easily reach into the water pan 31 to close it clean (Fig. 5).
- the water pan 31 can be formed separately or as a component the bottom of the inner wall of the climatic cabinet.
- the bottom surface of the water pan 31 can have a slight slope, preferably towards the rear.
- the transport device 3 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is also on a Mounting plate 12 built.
- the mounting plate 12 is by means of an intermediate piece 13 connected to the mounting plate 11, the two mounting plates 11, 12 and the Intermediate piece 13 made of a uniform piece of material, for example sheet metal, are made.
- the mounting plate 12 is lower in the climatic cabinet 1 than the mounting plate 11 installed so that the complete object holder 4 essentially below the object storage devices 9 is arranged.
- the object storage devices 9 have a large number of object storage locations formed by carrier rails 14 for the storage of objects 5 on.
- the objects 5 to be transported are on a carriage 15 of the object holder 4 recorded and returned.
- the object holder 4 of the transport device 3 can be moved horizontally and vertically.
- the horizontal movement takes place as Rotating or swiveling movement and as a linear movement of the slide 15.
- the vertical Movement takes place on the vertical slide 18, with a guide profile 17 of the Vertical slide 18 engages in a guide profile 16 of the object holder 4.
- On the upper side of the vertical slide 18 is a deflection unit 19 with a deflection roller 20 arranged.
- a rope 21 runs over the deflection roller 20, on which the object holder 4 on the one hand and a counterweight 22 on the other hand are attached.
- the deflection unit 19 is like this arranged that they have an end stop for the object holder 4 and the Counterweight 22 forms. It can be removed by loosening a screw that the object holder 4 is separated from the vertical slide 18 in a simple manner can be.
- the length of the rope 21 is such that the object receptacle 4 in its upper position does not reach the end stop when the counterweight 22 is in its lower position. This causes damage to the device Unintentionally moving too far is not possible.
- the object holder 4 is shown in detail in FIG. 4. All for the movement located drive devices are arranged on the object holder 4, whereby a easier assembly and maintenance is possible. The design effort is also reduced.
- Motor 23 causes a rotation of the carriage 15 via a belt 24.
- the linear one Movement of the carriage for picking up and delivering objects 5, the carriage 15 either passes through the control opening 2 or between the object storage locations the carrier rails 14, is arranged by a directly on the carriage 15 Motor 25 realized.
- Another motor 26 enables the rack 27 Vertical movement along the vertical slide 18.
- the object holder 4 has guide rails 28 for lateral guidance of the or the Objects 5 on.
- the guide rails 28 guarantee an exact reception and delivery of the Objects and the stable position on the object holder 4 itself.
- On the side of the slide 15 is switch 29 arranged with a movable switching element 30.
- the movable Switching element 13 protrudes through the guide rails 16 and the slide 15 formed space, which is intended for receiving the objects 5 into it. It is operated as soon as an object 5 is placed on the carriage 15 and the carriage 15 is in its retracted position on the object holder 4 intended for the rotary movement located. This triggers a signal which indicates that an object 5 on the Object recording 4 is arranged.
- the signal can be within a control program be further processed to further transport to a predetermined location within trigger the object storage locations 9.
- the object storage devices 9 shown in the figures are essentially stationary. However, it is also possible to use the object storage devices 9 or the storage station 10 train flexibly, for example to better adapt to the To enable transport device 3 or to accommodate the storage capacity of the storage station 10 to increase, in that, for example, instead of the object storage devices shown in the figures 9 or the storage station 10 carousel-like storage devices or storage stations, as are known for example from WO98 / 05753, be used.
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- die Rückansicht eines Klimaschrankes,
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- eine Transporteinrichtung zum Einbau in einen Klimaschrank,
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- eine zweite Ansicht der Transporteinrichtung,
- Fig. 4
- die Objekt-Aufnahme der Transporteinrichtung,
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- die Vorderansicht des Klimaschrankes.
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- Klimaschrank mit mindestens einer Tür, mit einer Lagerstation mit mindestens einer Objekt-Lagervorrichtung, welche mehrere übereinander angeordnete Objekt-Lagerstellen aufweist, sowie mit einer Transporteinrichtung zum Zuführen von Objekten zu den Objekt-Lagerstellen, wobei die Transporteinrichtung eine Objekt-Aufnahme aufweist, wobei die Objekt-Aufnahme an einem Vertikalschlitten vertikal und horizontal verstellbar angeordnet ist und wobei Lagerstation und Transporteinrichtung auf Montageplatten angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lagerstation (10) zwischen der Tür (8) und der im Inneren des Klimaschranks (1) angeordneten Transporteinrichtung (3) angeordnet ist und dass die die Lagerstation (10) tragende Montageplatte (11) im Klimaschrank (1) höher angeordnet ist als die die Transporteinrichtung (3) tragende Montageplatte (12).
- Klimaschrank mit mindestens einer Tür, mit einer Lagerstation mit mindestens einer Objekt-Lagervorrichtung, welche mehrere übereinander angeordnete Objekt-Lagerstellen aufweist, sowie mit einer Transporteinrichtung zum Zuführen von Objekten zu den Objekt-Lagerstellen, wobei die Transporteinrichtung eine Objekt-Aufnahme aufweist, wobei die Objekt-Aufnahme an einem Vertikalschlitten vertikal und horizontal verstellbar angeordnet ist und wobei Lagerstation und Transporteinrichtung auf Montageplatten angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Objekt-Aufnahme (4) durch ein bewegliches Verbindungselement (21), das über eine im oberen Bereich des Vertikalschlittens (18) angeordnete Umlenkeinheit (19) geführt ist, mit einem Gegengewicht (22) verbunden ist.
- Klimaschrank mit mindestens einer Tür, mit einer Lagerstation mit mindestens einer Objekt-Lagervorrichtung, welche mehrere übereinander angeordnete Objekt-Lagerstellen aufweist, sowie mit einer Transporteinrichtung zum Zuführen von Objekten zu den Objekt-Lagerstellen, wobei die Transporteinrichtung eine Objekt-Aufnahme aufweist, wobei die Objekt-Aufnahme an einem Vertikalschlitten vertikal und horizontal verstellbar angeordnet ist und wobei Lagerstation und Transporteinrichtung auf Montageplatten angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Objekt-Aufnahme (4) Führungsschienen (28) zur Führung des zu transportierenden Objekts (5) aufweist und mindestens einen Tastschalter (29) mit einem beweglichen Schaltelement (30), das in den Bereich des von der Objekt-Aufnahme (4) aufzunehmenden Objektes (5) hineinragt, wobei der Tastschalter (29) in einer Aufnahmestellung des Objekts (5) in der Objekt-Aufnahme (4) ein Signal auslöst.
- Klimaschrank mit mindestens einer Tür, mit einer Lagerstation mit mindestens einer Objekt-Lagervorrichtung, welche mehrere übereinander angeordnete Objekt-Lagerstellen aufweist, sowie mit einer Transporteinrichtung zum Zuführen von Objekten zu den Objekt-Lagerstellen, wobei die Transporteinrichtung eine Objekt-Aufnahme aufweist, wobei die Objekt-Aufnahme an einem Vertikalschlitten vertikal und horizontal verstellbar angeordnet ist und wobei Lagerstation und Transporteinrichtung auf Montageplatten angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Objekt-Aufnahme (4) eine horizontal bewegliche Schaufel (15) zur Aufnahme mindestens eines Objektes (5) aufweist, dass die Schaufel (15) von einem Motor (25) angetrieben wird und dass der Motor (25) an der Schaufel (15) angeordnet ist.
- Klimaschrank nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass beide Montageplatten (11;12) über ein Zwischenstück (13) miteinander verbunden sind.
- Klimaschrank nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zwischen der die Lagerstation (10) tragenden Montageplatte (11) und einer Unterkante der Tür (8) ein Abstand ausgebildet ist, der zum Durchgreifen einer Bedienperson geeignet ist.
- Klimaschrank nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zwischen den beiden Montageplatten (11;12) ein solcher Höhenunterschied besteht, der mindestens so groß ist wie die Höhe der Objekt-Aufnahme (4).
- Klimaschrank nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Antriebe für die Objekt-Aufnahme (4) an dieser angeordnet sind.
- Klimaschrank nach mindestens einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass an seiner der Tür (8) gegenüberliegenden Seite eine Bedienöffnung (2) zum Durchgriff für mindestens einen Teil der Objekt-Aufnahme (4) angeordnet ist.
- Klimaschrank nach mindestens Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das bewegliche Verbindungselement (21) als Seil, Riemen oder Kette ausgebildet ist.
- Klimaschrank nach mindestens Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Umlenkeinheit (19) auf dem Vertikalschlitten (18) angeordnet und vorzugsweise mit einem Schnellverschluss arretiert ist.
- Klimaschrank nach mindestens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Transporteinrichtung (3) im Inneren des Klimaschrankes (1) angeordnet ist.
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